As he carefully hides the bundle of bulrushes aboard he boat, his wife pets their dog and then runs down to the water""s edge where he is preparing the boat.John insisted on reaching Lieutenant Gen.Brewster to stop the nuclear holocaust and deactivate SkyNet""s control of the global computer network, but they were too late.In the backup re-routing facility, Trinity was able to successfully deactivate the power grid, and the lights of the city again extinguished, allowing the Keymaker to open the proper doorway with the right key, without setting off an alarm.Blake was assigned by Batman to help evacuate the city and get people across the bridge ("Save as many lives as you can") within 45 minutes.